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The bullish case for Delta rests on the company's plans to double its EV business as EV makers BYD, Great Wall Motor, and Tesla make inroads in Thailand. (Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)
Market Spotlight

EV boom creates unlikely stock market star in Thailand

Thai subsidiary of Taiwan's Delta Electronics becomes kingdom's most valuable company

6 March 2023
Users of the new AI technology need to know its pros and cons to reduce risk and maximize benefit.
Datawatch

Generative AI mania brings billions of dollars to developers

Total enterprise value jumps sixfold in two years to $48 billion

4 March 2023
Telemedicine is gaining a foothold in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries for services ranging from consultations to delivering prescriptions. (Source photos by Getty Images)  
Business Spotlight

Indonesia and its ASEAN neighbors take to telemedicine

Growing populations, fewer physicians spur apps like Alodokter, Doctor Anywhere

3 March 2023
In the past, even China's top leader could not directly intervene in public security and police matters. That has changed under President Xi Jinping. (Nikkei montage/Reuters)
China up close

Analysis: Xi wants China's security apparatus under his direct grip

Leader hurries to consolidate command following 'white paper' and 'white hair' movements

2 March 2023
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The Big Story

South Korean football star Son Heung-min's journey to the top

Tottenham striker talks to Nikkei Asia about rise of Asian players in Europe

1 March 2023
Among the presidential candidates who criticize the policies of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right), former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan currently leads in opinion polls.
Asia Insight

Indonesia pre-election jostling threatens Jokowi's economic agenda

From Nusantara to EV batteries, president faces uphill battle to secure legacy

28 February 2023
Hong Kong has embarked on a charm offensive to attract crypto businesses. (Source photos by Getty Images)
Market Spotlight

Hong Kong courts crypto industry as other governments crack down

Chinese territory is seen as 'desperate' to catch up with regional rival Singapore

27 February 2023
The world may see a shortage of crude oil in the second half of 2023 due to increased demand from China and a further output cutback by Russia.
Datawatch

Renewed China energy demand threatens to fuel global inflation

Crude oil seen topping $100 a barrel this year as Chinese economy picks up

25 February 2023
The space and comfort offered by SUVs are luring more buyers in India, one of the world's largest auto markets. (Nikkei montage/AP and Getty Images) 
Business Spotlight

India's surging SUV demand fueled by rough roads and big families

Sport utility vehicles overtake hatchbacks in accelerating auto market

24 February 2023
China's President Xi Jinping, center, is caught between a rock and a hard place. Any military assistance for Russian President Vladimir Putin would aggravate international tensions, but he also does not want to bow to threats from U.S. President Joe Biden. (Nikkei montage/Getty Images/Reuters)
China up close

Analysis: Xi ponders ramifications of supporting Russia

Could the US come to regard China as a state sponsor of terrorism?

23 February 2023
The graves of unidentified victims fill a cemetery in Bucha, northern Ukraine, on Feb. 19, almost one year into the nation's war with Russia. (Photo by Paula Bronstein)
The Big Story

'Fear for our families': A year of Putin's war through the eyes of Ukrainians

Twelve months on from invasion, Western arms shift balance of war as Russia hopes to outlast NATO

22 February 2023
The militant Islamic State group's local branch claimed responsibility for an attack on this Chinese-owned hotel in Kabul in December.
Asia Insight

China risks militants' wrath in Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond

Beijing reduces Islamabad presence as myriad groups find Asian giant a useful target

21 February 2023
A stock market rally early in the year is already losing steam as economic data fails to reassure investors. (Source photos by AP) 
Market Spotlight

Chinese reopening rally stalls as foreign investors cut purchases

Recovery hopes wane after property sales, cargo shipments prove disappointing

20 February 2023
The U.S. Defense Department expects China to raise its stockpile of nuclear warheads to 1,500 by 2035, an increase of more than 300% versus 2022.
Datawatch

End of two-way nuclear deterrence makes world more dangerous

Countries other than U.S., Russia now hold more than 10% of nuclear arms

18 February 2023
The challenge for startups in the recycling sector is raising money at a time when investors are being held back by global macroeconomic uncertainties, rising interest rates and inflationary pressures. (Photo courtesy of The Incubation Network)
Business Spotlight

ASEAN's garbage economy: Startups turn plastic waste into consumer goods

Trash is transformed into chairs in Indonesia, floor tiles in Vietnam

17 February 2023
Economics professor and longtime Bank of Japan policy board member Kazuo Ueda, left, is set to succeed Haruhiko Kuroda as BOJ chief in April. 
The Big Story

Kazuo Ueda: Next BOJ chief inherits world's toughest central bank job

'Nonideological' pragmatist tasked with unwinding controversial legacy of predecessor Kuroda

16 February 2023
Open recruitment for China's technologically elite Strategic Support Force exemplifies "military-civilian integration," a signature policy of President Xi Jinping. (Nikkei montage/Ken Kobayashi)
China up close

Analysis: Futuristic Chinese military unit most likely behind balloon campaign

PLA's Strategic Support Force blends space, cyber and electronic warfare

16 February 2023
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed "unprecedented" measures to boost births, while experts say the challenge goes hand in hand with improving the overall economy. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Asia Insight

Japan readies 'last hope' measures to stop falling births

Experts say next 10 years are critical as Kishida eyes 'children first' society

14 February 2023
The Adani Group has accumulated debts of $30 billion as it became a central player in India's push to develop world-class infrastructure. The worry for analysts is how much of that debt has been secured with shares.
Market Spotlight

Adani retains astronomical valuation even after stock market rout

Indian conglomerate trades at higher price-earnings multiple than Apple or Amazon

13 February 2023
Diabetes patients in Asia and Africa are projected to total 560 million by 2045 as affluence and urbanization lead to changes in dietary habits.
Datawatch

Diabetes ravages emerging nations in Asia, Africa

Number of patients projected to jump 50% by 2045 as dietary habits change

11 February 2023
Jos Dijsselhof, CEO of the Swiss Exchange, or SIX, said in a recent interview with Nikkei Asia that he was “a bit overwhelmed" by the pace of Chinese companies coming to list in Zurich. (Nikkei montage/Reuters/Kenji Kawase)
Business Spotlight

Switzerland helps China Inc. satisfy its itch for overseas listings

Swiss exchange opens its door as going public in U.S. becomes more fraught

10 February 2023
A white spherical object spotted over Sendai, Japan in June 2020, left, and a suspected Chinese spy balloon being shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. (Nikkei montage/Kyodo/Reuters)
China up close

Analysis: Was object spotted over Japan in 2020 a Chinese spy balloon?

The flight path went above Self-Defense Force facilities

9 February 2023
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The Big Story

Japan's war on space junk

Record numbers of satellite launches by China, Russia and U.S. are crowding Earth's orbit

8 February 2023
Yoo Choe-an crams himself into a steel cage in an attempt to win a pay raise from a South Korean shipyard in June 2022. The sign reads: "We can't live like this." (Photo by Byeon Baek-seon, Korean Metal Workers Union)
Asia Insight

South Korea cage match: President Yoon vs. the unions

Nation's leader pushes for drastic shake-up of the nation's labor system

7 February 2023
A worker processes nickel at a nickel smelter.
Market Spotlight

EV battery material suppliers brace for gluts as competition heats up

Lithium, nickel producers expand as U.S. pushes for non-Chinese supplies

6 February 2023